The World's 18 Strangest Elevators

Elevators need not be boring metal boxes carrying office employees up and down. Our collection of the world's strangest includes an elevator that rises through the middle of an aquarium, and one that scales a 1000-foot-high face of a cliff.

AquaDom

AquaDom

Where: Berlin-Mitte, Germany

Located at the Radisson Blu hotel in Berlin-Mitte, Germany, the AquaDom puts a transparent elevator right in the middle of an 82-foot-tall aquarium. The aquarium contains more than 260,000 gallons of seawater and is home to more than 1500 fish from 50 different species. It takes three to four divers and almost 18 pounds of food a day to keep the fish fed.

Burj Khalifa Elevator

Burj Khalifa Elevator

Where: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Burj Khalifa is all about being No. 1, and so the world's tallest building features the world's fastest elevator. It whisks visitors upward at 40 miles per hour–fast enough to reach the top floor, 2038 feet up, in just 35 seconds. Because the elevators service so many floors, the tower utilizes double-decker cars, each with a fancy light show.